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Description
Mind Map by Carina Storm, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Carina Storm
over 3 years ago
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The Children Act 2004
- AIM
- To protect all
children
- at risk of harm
- and keep them
safe
- May involve practitioners in
taking a child away from
family
- Through the
use of :
- Care Orders
- Emergency
Protection Orders
- Care Orders
- Through the
use of :
- at risk of harm
- To protect all
children
- KEY PRINCIPLES
- Contains the
PARAMOUNTCY PRINCIPLE
- The Paramountcy Principle:
The child's best interest and
welfare is the first and most
important consideration
- Issues have to be determined as soon as
possible
- Children's needs must come first
- Taking a child away from their family
may adversely affect the adults
involved, but may be in the child's best
interests
- Issues have to be determined as soon as
possible
- The Paramountcy Principle:
The child's best interest and
welfare is the first and most
important consideration
- Children have the right
to be CONSULTED
- Provide children with a
genuine opportunity
- to influence decision
making
- must be based on
honesty and clarity
- to freely express their
views and opinions
- to reflect their own
preferences and
working methods
- to speak out and have
their opinions listened
to
- to influence decision
making
- Provide children with a
genuine opportunity
- Children have the right
to have an ADVOCATE
- An ADVOCATE is a person
who puts a case on
someone else's behalf
- Practitioners have to ensure
children stay within the wider
family circle where possible
rather than being placed in care
- An ADVOCATE is a person
who puts a case on
someone else's behalf
- Every Child Matters
(ECM)
- Five
outcomes,
applicable to
ALL children:
- S
- Staying SAFE
- Staying SAFE
- H
- Being HEALTHY
- Being HEALTHY
- E
- ENJOYING and ACHIEVING
- ENJOYING and ACHIEVING
- E
- ECONOMIC well-being
- ECONOMIC well-being
- P
- Making a POSITIVE contribution
- Making a POSITIVE contribution
- S
- Five
outcomes,
applicable to
ALL children:
- Contains the
PARAMOUNTCY PRINCIPLE
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